Update: Fire in Milpitas foothills now 80 percent contained

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The fire was reported Sunday at about 1 p.m. in the Calaveras hills east of the city limits above Scott Creek Road near Ed Levin County Park. By Sunday evening, the fire was burning within the park in heavy brush with steep drainage, posing risk to the Mount Allison. (Photo Courtesy of Mylene Stolpe, Charismatic Photography)

The fire was reported Sunday at about 1 p.m. in the Calaveras hills east of the city limits above Scott Creek Road near Ed Levin County Park. By Sunday evening, the fire was burning within the park in heavy brush with steep drainage, posing risk to the Mount Allison, (Photo Courtesy of Mylene Stolpe, Charismatic Photography)

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Firefighters put out a blaze in the Fremont hills Sunday, July 22, 2018. (Pamela Turntine/Bay Area News Group)

The fire was reported Sunday at about 1 p.m. in the Calaveras hills east of the city limits above Scott Creek Road near Ed Levin County Park. By Sunday evening, the fire was burning within the park in heavy brush with steep drainage, posing risk to the Mount Allison. (Photo Courtesy of Mylene Stolpe, Charismatic Photography)

The fire was reported Sunday at about 1 p.m. in the Calaveras hills east of the city limits above Scott Creek Road near Ed Levin County Park. By Sunday evening, the fire was burning within the park in heavy brush with steep drainage, posing risk to the Mount Allison. (Photo Courtesy of Mylene Stolpe, Charismatic Photography)

Overnight, firefighters took advantage of a “normal Bay Area evening” consisting cooler temperatures and a rise in relative humidity to draw a containment line around the majority of the fire, Santa Clara County Fire Capt. Bill Murphy said.

There is still a small section along the southern edge of the fire that does not have a containment line established, Murphy said.

“We’re going to get try and get in there today and get line all the way around it,” Murphy said.

Resources from the California Department of Forestry, Fremont and Milpitas fire departments, San Francisco public utilities crews, and a South Bay incident management team with members from the Mountain View, San Jose, Santa Clara County and Spring Valley fire departments were all responded to the blaze.

About 250 firefighters responded aboard twenty-five engines, two water tenders, two helicopters, four hand crews and four bulldozers. After cutting lines, many worked to contain flames as weather conditions, including slackening winds, temperatures and humidity, helped out.

The fire was reported Sunday at about 1 p.m. in the Calaveras hills east of the city limits above Scott Creek Road near Ed Levin County Park. By Sunday evening, the fire was burning within the park in heavy brush with steep drainage, posing risk to the Mount Allison

At least one outbuilding, a barn, was destroyed by fire, according to Cal Fire assistant chief Jim Crawford. Fewer than 10 structures are threatened, Cal Fire said.

Evacuation orders for two ranch properties were being carried out along Weller Road in unincorporated Milpitas, and there were no other reports of injuries or damaged houses, Crawford said. Road closures were Weller and Downing roads at Old Calaveras Road, Cal Fire said.

Looks like there's a fairly serious #fire🔥 raging in the hills east of us. Looks serious enough that helicopters and planes are fighting it from the air. A cluster of homes is fairly close – hope they're going to be ok and the fire is controlled soon. pic.twitter.com/EcP9MiB5Bi

George Kelly is a breaking news reporter for the Bay Area News Group. Previously he worked as an online coordinator and, before that, a copy editor and page designer for Bay Area-based newspapers and magazines. Off work, he enjoys playing in bands, busking and karaoke. His first newspaper job was as a Washington Post paperboy.

Mark Gomez has worked for the Mercury News since 1992, including the past ten years as a reporter on the breaking news/public safety team. He is a South Bay native and graduate of San Jose State University.

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